lm-sensors

6.5easy start · #43of 58
in Hardware Monitoring Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialno
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workno

Runs on Linux, self-hosted.

lm-sensors is ranked #43 of 58 in hardware monitoring software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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lm-sensors Free User-space hardware monitoring support for Linux; hardware readings require compatible kernel drivers github.com · 9 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: Linux

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The record

Remote monitoring: No
Purpose: lm-sensors provides user-space support for hardware monitoring drivers in Linux 2.6.5 and later.
Measurements: Supported monitoring chips can report readings such as chip temperatures, fan rotation speeds, and voltage levels.
Hardware detection: The sensors-detect program detects installed hardware and recommends kernel modules to load.
CLI: The sensors console tool reports sensor readings and can set new sensor limits.
Monitoring daemon: sensord watches sensor values, logs problems, and includes RRD support.
Library: libsensors is a shared or static library that applications can use to access sensor readings and configure them.
Configuration: A configuration file can provide motherboard-specific labels and conversion rules for sensor values.
Hardware limit: lm-sensors supports chips for which the running kernel has hardware-monitoring drivers; updating lm-sensors itself does not add unsupported chip support.
Laptop limitation: The project says lm-sensors may be of no use on laptops that do not expose a hardware-monitoring chip, and suggests acpi for those systems.
Graphical interface: The package does not include a graphical monitor.
Dependencies: Building requires GNU make, gcc, bison, and flex; RRD header files are optional for sensord.
Integration: sensord can feed an RRD database with sensor measurements.
Support: The developers list a mailing list and GitHub as contact channels and ask users to read the documentation before asking questions.
Price from: Free

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Sources

github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors· checked 24 Sept 2026
github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors/blob/master/INSTA· checked 9 Oct 2026